John Green

An accomplished young adult author, John Green has won numerous accolades for his six novels – Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances (with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle), Paper Towns, Will Grayson, Will Grayson and The Fault in Our Stars – and his short stories.

His debut novel, Looking for Alaska, was awarded the American Literary Association’s annual Michael L. Printz award; An Abundance of Katherines was a runner-up for the same award and...

John Green Essays

The English language is slightly limited when it comes to “love”. Love is the only word that the language offers to describe, well, love. Despite people loving certain people (or things) in different ways--the love a best friend receives is...

Young adult novels set at boarding schools typically feature protagonists that encounter trials not necessarily representative of life outside of fiction on their journey towards adulthood. Rather, these texts amplify struggles and cause problems...

Self-destructive behavior runs rampant in this book written by John Green. According to psychologists, self-destructive behavior is used as a coping mechanism when one is overwhelmed. In this novel, this type of response is seen mostly in Miles...